Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2018 By: Rasheed Malik and Leila Schochet Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report that looks at the crucial role Head Start, a federally-funded program that provides early education and medical, dental, and family services, plays in rural counties. The report comes on the heels of[Read More…]
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Nobody Is Above the Law—Mueller Firing Rapid Response
NATIONWIDE—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2018 Donald Trump is publicly considering firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the person leading the Department of Justice investigation of possible criminal actions by Donald Trump and members of his presidential campaign, as well as the efforts to conceal those activities. It’s also possible that, rather than firing[Read More…]
Unemployment Holds at 4.1 Percent in March, 2018, Wage Growth Picks Up
The percentage of unemployment due to voluntary quits hit its highest level since 2001. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Dean Baker The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 103,000 jobs in March, however it revised down the prior two-month job growth by a total of 50,000 jobs,[Read More…]
Studies: Marijuana Legalization Laws Correlated With Reduced Opioid Prescribing Trends
Lexington, KY—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The enactment of statewide marijuana legalization laws is associated with a reduction in the number of opioids prescribed and filled, according to a pair of studies published online Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. In the first study, investigators[Read More…]
United Nations Report: Global Food Price Index Rises for Second Consecutive Month
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—5 April 2018 Global food prices rose for the second consecutive month with the index for these commodities averaging 172.8 points in March, 1.1 per cent higher than in February, the United Nations food security agency announced Thursday. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the rise was[Read More…]
New Report: Gaps in College Spending Shortchange Students of Color
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Sara Garcia Black and Latinx students are more likely to attend public institutions of higher education that spend less to educate them, according to a new analysis released today from the Center for American Progress. If these spending gaps were erased, $5 billion more[Read More…]
As Administrator Pruitt Rolls Back Car Emission Standards, Audubon Says the Move ‘Makes No Sense’
Rolling back fuel efficiency standards undermines one of the most effective federal policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions in the U.S. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By National Audubon Society “Who wants to spend more on gas? No one. Rolling back fuel efficiency standards makes no sense. It’s short-sighted and bad[Read More…]
What Makes Us Truly Happy and Healthy?
Multi-year Harvard research collaboration with Aetna will assess well-being across numerous dimensions of health and wholeness Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contacts: Caroline Perry and Todd Datz What does it mean to be well? Not just “not ill,” but really thriving? Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and at[Read More…]
New Report: Trump Administration’s Religious Liberty Guidance Would Allow Discrimination in Dozens of Federal Programs
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By: Sharita Gruberg, Frank J. Bewkes, Elizabeth Platt, Katherine Franke, and Claire Markham Obama-era rules prohibiting discrimination in dozens of federal programs could be undermined by the Trump administration’s controversial guidance on religious liberty, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and[Read More…]
New Report: Construction of Offshore Wind Farms Could Create More Than 75,000 New Jobs
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2018 By: Shiva Polefka and Kyle Cornish The construction of new offshore wind farms in New Jersey and other coastal states could lead to more than 75,000 clean energy jobs, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and the New Jersey Work[Read More…]
